Utility of social media and crowd-intelligence data for pharmacovigilance: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A scoping review to characterize the literature on the use of conversations in social media as a potential source of data for detecting adverse events (AEs) related to health products. METHODS:Our specific research questions were (1) What social media listening platforms exist to detect adverse events related to health products, and what are their capabilities and characteristics? (2) What is the validity and reliability of data from social media for detecting these adverse events? MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and relevant websites were searched from inception to May 2016. Any type of document (e.g., manuscripts, reports) that described the use of social media data for detecting health product AEs was included. Two reviewers independently screened citations and full-texts,

SUBMITTER: Tricco AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001022 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature